Anthropology Course List

Anthropology Course Lists

Course Lists

Anthropological Theory Courses

Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements.

ANTH 100History and Theory of Biological Anthropology

5

ANTH 150Communicating Anthropology

5

ANTH 152Survey of Cultural Anthropological Theory

5

ANTH 170History of Archaeological Theory

5

Sociocultural Anthropology Courses

Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements. Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH 119Indigenous Visual Culture

5

ANTH 125Magic, Science, and Religion

5

ANTH 126Contraband: Shadow Economies and the Law

5

ANTH 129Beyond Borders: Other Globalizations and Histories of Interconnection

5

ANTH 131Gender in Cross-Cultural Context

5

ANTH 134Medical Anthropology: An Introduction

5

ANTH 135ACities

5

ANTH 136The Biology of Everyday Life

5

ANTH 137Consuming Culture

5

ANTH 138Political Anthropology

5

ANTH 139Language and Culture

5

ANTH 140The Body in Rain: Environmental and Medical Intersections

5

ANTH 142Anthropology of Law

5

ANTH 143Performance and Power

5

ANTH 144Anthropology of Poverty and Welfare

5

ANTH 145XSpecial Topics in Socio-Cultural Anthropology

5

ANTH 146Anthropology and the Environment

5

ANTH 147Anthropology and the Anthropocene

5

ANTH 148Gender and Global Development

5

ANTH 149Anthropology of Activism

5

ANTH 151Workshop in Ethnography

5

ANTH 157Modernity and Its Others

5

ANTH 158Feminist Ethnographies

5

ANTH 159Race and Anthropology

5

ANTH 160Reproductive and Population Politics

5

ANTH 161The Anthropology of Food

5

ANTH 161SAnthropology of Food, Abroad

5

ANTH 163Kinship

5

Regional Specialization Courses

Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements. Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH 130AAnthropology of Africa.

5

ANTH 130CPolitics and Culture in China

5

ANTH 130ECulture and Politics of Island Southeast Asia

5

ANTH 130FBlackness In Motion: Anthology of the African Diasporas

5

ANTH 130HEthnography of Russia and Eastern Europe

5

ANTH 130ICultures of India

5

ANTH 130LEthnographies of Latin America

5

ANTH 130MInside Mexico

5

ANTH 130ONative Feminisms, Gender, and Settler Colonialism

5

ANTH 130PEthnography of Southern Cone Chile and Argentina

5

ANTH 130SEthnography of Russia and Eastern Europe, Abroad

5

ANTH 130TReligion and Politics in the Muslim World

5

ANTH 130UCentral America

5

ANTH 130VEthnography of Russia

5

ANTH 130WEthnography of Eastern Europe

5

ANTH 130XSpecial Topics in Ethnography

5

ANTH 175African Archaeology

5

ANTH 176ANorth American Archaeology

5

ANTH 176BMeso-American Archaeology

5

ANTH 176CArchaeology of the American Southwest

5

ANTH 176DColonial Encounters in the Americas

5

ANTH 176EArchaeology of the Pacific Northwest

5

ANTH 176FCalifornia Archaeology

5

Archaeology Courses

Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements. Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH 171Materials and Methods in Historical Archaeology

5

ANTH 172Archaeological Research Design

5

ANTH 173Origins of Farming

5

ANTH 174Origins of Complex Societies

5

ANTH 175African Archaeology

5

ANTH 176ANorth American Archaeology

5

ANTH 176BMeso-American Archaeology

5

ANTH 176CArchaeology of the American Southwest

5

ANTH 176DColonial Encounters in the Americas

5

ANTH 176EArchaeology of the Pacific Northwest

5

ANTH 176FCalifornia Archaeology

5

ANTH 177Environmental Archaeology

5

ANTH 178Historical Archaeology: A Global Perspective

5

HIS 158CSlavery in the Atlantic World: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives

5

ANTH 180Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology

5

ANTH 180LCeramic Analysis Laboratory

2

ANTH 181XSpecial Topics in Archaeology

5

ANTH 182ALithic Technology

5

ANTH 184Zooarchaeology

5

ANTH 185Osteology of Mammals, Birds, and Fish

5

ANTH 187Cultural Heritage in Colonial Contexts

5

ANTH 187BCultural Resource Management

5

ANTH 189Archaeology Field Methods

5

or 6 credits of Practicum in Archaeology (ANTH 188A/ANTH 188B/ ANTH 188C)
ANTH 188APracticum in Archaeology A

2

ANTH 188BPracticum in Archaeology B

2

ANTH 188CPracticum in Archaeology C

2

Biological/Medical/Environmental Anthropology Courses

Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements. Not all of these courses are offered each year.

Biological Anthropology

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH 100History and Theory of Biological Anthropology

5

ANTH 101Human Evolution

5

ANTH 104Human Variation and Adaptation

5

ANTH 105Human Paleopathology

5

ANTH 106Primate Behavior and Ecology

5

ANTH 111Human Ecology

5

ANTH 190XSpecial topics in Biological Anthropology

5

Medical Anthropology

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH 134Medical Anthropology: An Introduction

5

ANTH 136The Biology of Everyday Life

5

ANTH 140The Body in Rain: Environmental and Medical Intersections

5

Environmental Anthropology

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH 140The Body in Rain: Environmental and Medical Intersections

5

ANTH 146Anthropology and the Environment

5

ANTH 147Anthropology and the Anthropocene

5

ANTH 177Environmental Archaeology

5

Anthropology At-Large Courses

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

Anthropology At-Large courses may be used as electives for completing upper-division course requirements. These courses do not count as anthropological theory, sociocultural anthropology, regional specialization, or biological anthropology and archaeology courses.

ANTH 110APublic Life and Contemporary Issues

5

ANTH 110BFrom Indiana Jones to Stonehenge: Archaeology as Popular Culture

5

ANTH 110CCalifornia Pasts

5

ANTH 110DTourism Imaginaries and Encounters

5

ANTH 110EAnthropology of Global Environmental Change

5

ANTH 110FEvolution of Human Diet

5

ANTH 110GWestside Stories: Race, Place and the California Imaginary

5

ANTH 110HBrazilian Amazon Cultures and Environments

5

ANTH 110JEmerging Humanity

5

ANTH 110KCulture Through Food

5

ANTH 110LThe Human Ocean

5

ANTH 110OPostcolonial Britain and France

5

ANTH 110PIndia and Indian Diaspora through Film

5

ANTH 110QQueer Sexuality in Black Popular Culture

5

ANTH 110SEvolution of Democracy

5

ANTH 110TMotherhood in American Culture

5

ANTH 110VAmerican Capitalism

5

ANTH 110WLand and Waterscapes Entropology

5

Laboratory Methods Courses

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

These courses are designed for students interested in pursuing graduate research or careers that require specialized training in laboratory methods.

Biological Anthropology Laboratory Methods

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

The biological anthropology laboratory methods courses may be used to satisfy upper-division electives. These courses do not count toward the anthropological theory, sociocultural anthropology, regional specialization, or biological/medical/environmental anthropology core requirements.

ANTH 102AHuman Skeletal Biology

5

ANTH 103Forensic Anthropology

5

ANTH 103IForensic Anthropology

4

ANTH 107AMethods and Research in Biological Anthropology: Genetics

5

ANTH 107BMethods and Research in Biological Anthropology: Stable Isotopes

5

ANTH 107CMethods and Research in Biological Anthropology: Chimpanzee Behavior and Culture

5

ANTH 107DMethods and Research in Biological Anthropology–Computational Population Genetics

5

Archaeology Laboratory Methods

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

Archaeology laboratory methods courses may be used to satisfy the archaeology core requirement or upper-division electives.

ANTH 171Materials and Methods in Historical Archaeology

5

ANTH 180Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology

5

ANTH 180LCeramic Analysis Laboratory

2

ANTH 182ALithic Technology

5

ANTH 184Zooarchaeology

5

ANTH 184LZooarchaeology Laboratory

2

ANTH 185Osteology of Mammals, Birds, and Fish

5

Senior Seminars

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH 194AAnthropology of Dead Persons

5

ANTH 194BChimpanzees: Biology, Behavior, and Evolution

5

ANTH 194CFeminist Anthropology

5

ANTH 194FMemory

5

ANTH 194HPaleoanthropology

5

ANTH 194IConsumption and Consumerism

5

ANTH 194KReading Ethnographies

5

ANTH 194LArchaeology of the African Diaspora

5

ANTH 194MMedical Anthropology

5

ANTH 194NComparison of Cultures

5

ANTH 194OMasculinities

5

ANTH 194SHearing Culture: The Anthropology of Sound

5

ANTH 194TPoverty and Inequality

5

ANTH 194UEnvironmental Anthropology: Nature, Culture, Politics

5

ANTH 194VWho Owns the Past? Ethical and Political Dimensions of Contemporary Archaeology

5

ANTH 194XWomen in Politics: A Third World Perspective

5

ANTH 194ZEmerging Worlds

5

ANTH 196DFood and Medicine

5

ANTH 196FThe Anthropology of Things: Gift, Sign, Commodity, Tool

5

ANTH 196GQueer Worlds: Sexuality, Intimacy and Power in Contemporary Ethnography

5

ANTH 196HGlobal History and the Longue Duree

5

ANTH 196JImagining America

5

ANTH 196KSettler Colonialism

5

ANTH 196LArchaeology of the American Southwest

5

ANTH 196MModernity and its Others

5

ANTH 196NThe Body, Narrative, and Creative Practice

5

ANTH 196OGender and Politics

5

ANTH 196PDisability and Difference

5

ANTH 196QProperty

5

ANTH 196RDesign Anthropology

5

ANTH 196TArchaeology of Technology

5

ANTH 194YArchaeologies of Space and Landscape

5

ANTH 196UHistorical Anthropology

5

ANTH 196VRadical Craft

5

ANTH 196WAnthropology of Weather and Exposure

5